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TATENTED JULY 5, 1864:.

\ 0. s. MOSELEY. v MACHINE FORGUTTING AND PUNGHING LABELS 0R TAGS.

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Y "UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFIGE.

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y MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND PUNCHINGLABELS ORTAGS.

Specification forming part ofLetters'Patent No. 43,458, dated July 5,1864.

To all iuhom it may concern: Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. MOSELEY, ofBoston, .in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and Improved Machine for Cutting and Punching Labels orTags; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and-exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accom-v panyingdrawings, making part of this specication, in which- I Figure l is aperspective view of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical section ofthe same in the line as a. Fig. 3 represents a strip of paper from whichthe tags are cut.

Similar letters of reference indicate correof the operators handrequired to sever the label or tag from the sheet will suffice tooperatea punch and prepare the label or tag for the reception of aneyelet, aswill be herein- In order that others skilled. in the art towhich myinvention appertains may be enabled to fully understand and usethe same, I will proceed to describe its construction andoper ation.

- In the accompanying drawings, A represents thebed or, table upon whichthe sheet from which the'tags are cut is fed to the knife B, which isworked on a pivot, as shown at b.

0 represents a vertical arm jointed at its respective ends to the knifeB, and a lever,

D, the latter being provided with a cylindrical collar, D, whic'h -fitsover a shaft, E. This j shaftE is supported and adapted to turn freelyin the. upper ends of curved standards F F, v. and the collar D- is.keyed upon the shaft E by means of awedge, e, which enters'alongitudinal groove, 6, in said shaft E and a corre-' sponding groove inthe collar D. willbe seen that the elevation and depression of the knifeB produces a simultaneous recip- Thusit rocatin g rotary movementof theshaft E.

G represents a block or guide, through which works a. vertically-sliding punch, H, the j upper end of which is jointed to the lower extremityof a toggle-1ever,I. This lever I is formed at itsupper end with acollar, I, which is keyed upon and' adapted to turn with the shaft E inlike manner with the collar D.

J represents a. guide-block for the triangular cutter K, ,which isreciprocated in a vertical plane by the toggle-lever L, which isprovided with a collar, L, on its upper extremity, the said collar beingfitted and keyed upon the shaft E in the manner described with relationto the collar D.

The means employed for securing the col- Jars .1 L uponthe shaft E admitof the ready adjustment of the levers I L to any desired extent, so asto adapt the punch l1 and cutter K for labels or tags of differentdimensions, and to conform to this adjustment of the punch andcuttertheir respective guide-blocks'G J are made adjustable by means of screwsM M and nuts m m.

A representsan adjustable Section of the table A, which may be movedback and forth in conformity with the adjustment of the block J.Uponthis Section A is placed the adjustable guide N. p

0 represents a gage, which may be secured in any desired position bymeans of setscrews [The operation of this machine will bereadilynnderstood. The office of the punch H is to perforate in thelabel or tag a suitable" aperture for the reception of an eyelet; thatof the cutter K to out out an angular piece at a point where the knife13 severs the successive labels, thus clipping or cutting off thecorners of two contiguous labels at each descent in its operation. Theblade 13, punch H, and

cutter K are so arranged, in connection with the shaft E, that thetwolatter rise simultaneously with the elevation of the former, and

vice versa. Thus the combined operation of cutting, punching, andclipping the label or tag may be performed by a simple movement of thearm. I

The manner of producing the tags from a continuous strip ofpaper orother material is represented in Fig. 3, a a representing complete tagsand the red lines indicating the rest of the operations to be performed.

The machine as illustrated in the accompanying drawings is designed forcutting and clipping square labels only; but it is manifest thatit maybe readily modified to cut labels of any desired shape without departingfrom the essential principles of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, the

following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by LettersPatent:

1.- Operating the punch H by means of the connection thereof with theknife B, inany' manner, substantially as set forth.

2. The cutter K, constructed, arranged, and operating'substantially asdescribed, and employed to cut or clip the corners of the labels or tagsin the manner explained. I

3. The combination of the knife B, punch H,

and cutter K, vthe whole being constructed and i arrangedzas herein setforth, and operating simultaneously, as and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES S. MOSELEY. WVitnesses DANIEL FRENCH, l). J. CUTTER.

